Robert De Niro to Star Opposite Himself in Gangster Drama ‘Wise Guys’ at Warner Bros.

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B. wrote: Mon Aug 22, 2022 9:31 pm I'm kind of against non-Italians playing members... have to be half-Italian to get made, half-Italian to play one. Now I sound like one of those people whose like "you need to be gay to play a gay character.
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Those guys are Alex and Humphreys.
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Fellas let's stick to actors who aren't too old for fantasy casting of Scarfo: The Movie.

Pining for actors of yesteryear is how we end up with shit like ancient DeNiro playing much younger guys until the end of time.
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I'd like to call you out for being such a DICKHEAD (don't forget it's your move!) but when you're right you're right.

Problem is I don't know any young actors are anymore.
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B. wrote: Mon Aug 22, 2022 9:31 pm I'm kind of against non-Italians playing members... have to be half-Italian to get made, half-Italian to play one. Now I sound like one of those people whose like "you need to be gay to play a gay character".

Another one that's too old, but Burt Young is 100% Tony Bananas.
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Ivan wrote: Mon Aug 22, 2022 9:13 pm DeNiro especially sucked I thought.

I want him DEAD! I want his family DEAD! I want his house burned to the GROUND! I wanna go there in the middle of the night and I wanna PISS ON HIS ASHES!


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B. wrote: Tue Aug 23, 2022 12:43 am I'd like to call you out for being such a DICKHEAD (don't forget it's your move!) but when you're right you're right.

Problem is I don't know any young actors are anymore.
I'm sure they exist, but we'll never get to see them because the reanimated corpse of Robert DeNiro has to hog all the mob roles.

Hey DeNiro could play Pete Casella in the Scarfo movie! Old, overweight. DeNiro's maybe a decade older than Pete was at the time but close enough.
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Pogo The Clown wrote: Tue Aug 23, 2022 10:42 am
Ivan wrote: Mon Aug 22, 2022 9:13 pm DeNiro especially sucked I thought.
I want him DEAD! I want his family DEAD! I want his house burned to the GROUND! I wanna go there in the middle of the night and I wanna PISS ON HIS ASHES!
Yeah that was pathetic. Capone didn't talk like that. More like a quiet menace.

Though nothing beats Eliot Ness tossing Frank Nitti off a roof for killing Mike Malone (who was never an Untouchable).
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Ivan wrote: Mon Aug 22, 2022 5:33 pm He's actually British but I want Stephen Graham as Nicky Scarfo. What do you guys think? At 5 foot 5 he's even the right height. Observe:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x9TsMA46Eww
He would make a great Mickey Cohen:

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